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Forming letters
Starting each letter in the right place and going the right way (NSW Foundation Style). Little Roos has 1 free game that practise it, for ages 4-7.
Where it fits
In the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (birth to five) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2), with the official wording:
- AC9EFLY08 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Foundation): form most lower-case and upper-case letters using learnt letter formations.
- AC9E1LY08 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Year 1): write words using unjoined lower-case and upper-case letters.
Games that practise it
- Follow the Numbat: Writing lower-case letters in NSW Foundation Style: where to start, which way to go, when to lift. Ages 4-7.
Away from the screen
About two minutes each, with things most homes have.
Rainbow writing (from Follow the Numbat)
- Write a big letter on paper in pencil.
- Your child traces over it in three different crayons, starting at the dot each time.
- Say the way it goes as you trace: "down, back up, round".
Things to ask while they play
- Where does this letter start?
- Which way does the pencil go first?
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